The third edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday night with undefeated Oregon holding at No.
The most notable change came with Georgia reentering the projected 12-team playoff field coming off its dominant win over Tennessee last Saturday.
The top Group of Five program in Tuesday’s release is Boise State at No.
College Football Playoff Rankings, Nov. 19 Oregon (11-0) | Projected No.
11 seed Tennessee (8-2) Boise State (9-1) | Projected No.
Unbeaten Oregon was ranked No. 1 in the third edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings, which were announced Tuesday night. 1 in the first year of the 12-team field’s expansion. With victories over Ohio State, Michigan, Illinois, and most recently, Wisconsin, the Ducks are off to a strong start this season and are vying for their second overall postseason appearance, the first since the four-team field was introduced following the 2014 campaign.
Of ten teams, seven were ranked first. In the four-team era, only one team from the initial CFP Rankings made it to the playoffs, with the exceptions being Ohio State (2023), Tennessee (2022), and Mississippi State (2014). With eight games left to play this season, Oregon leads the field at 11-0 and is one of just two Power Four teams still unbeaten (Indiana).
Texas, Penn State, Indiana, and Ohio State complete the remaining top five, just as they did the week before. The biggest shift was that, following its convincing victory over Tennessee last Saturday, Georgia returned to the projected 12-team playoff field.
Boise State, ranked No. 1, is the top Group of Five program in Tuesday’s release. 12. The five top-ranked conference winners receive automatic bids under the 12-team playoff model, so if the Broncos win their league, they will be in a strong position to earn that opportunity. Tulane (20), UNLV (24), and Army West Point (19) are the other Group of Five teams in this week’s rankings.
The full CFP Rankings top 25 and the anticipated bracket seedings for the first 12 teams will be examined. See the following analysis by bowls expert Jerry Palm.
November College Football Playoff Rankings. 19. .
Portland (11-0) | Anticipated No. One seed.
Ohio State (9-1) | Anticipated No. five seeds.
Houston (9-1) | Predicted No. Two seeds.
(9-1) Penn State | Predicted No. 6 seeds.
(10-0) Indiana | Predicted No. Seven seeds.
Projected No. 9-1 Notre Dame. eight seeds.
Iowa (8-2) | Predicted No. Nine seeds.
Miami, Florida (9-1) | Anticipated No. three seeds.
Ole Miss (8-2) | Anticipated No. Ten seeds.
Eight-two Georgia | Predicted No. 11th seed.
8-2 Tennessee.
Boise State (9-1) | Anticipated No. Fourth seed.
SMU 9-1.
9-1 BYU | Anticipated No. Seed number twelve.
A&M Texas (8-2).
Colorado (8-2).
(8-2) Clemson.
Seven-3 South Carolina.
(9) Army West Point.
Tulane (9-2). .
Arizona State won 8–2.
Iowa State (8-2). .
Missouri (7-3). .
8-2 UNLV.
Illinois (7-3). .
Bowl specialist Jerry Palm’s analysis.
When the College Football Playoff bracket is broken down according to this week’s CFP Rankings, Boise, Idaho residents are celebrating the most. The Broncos only climbed one position to No. in the rankings this week. 12, but the fact that every Big 12 team in the rankings is lagging behind them is more significant. Boise State would thus receive a bye if the playoffs began today.
But there may be some disagreement about the Broncos’ seeding.
Miami leads SMU in the CFP Rankings, but the Mustangs are currently the only team at the top of the ACC standings. Given that SMU is currently the ACC champion, Boise State would receive a bye as the projected 3-seed rather than the 4-seed. Georgia and Tennessee would not be able to stay at the inn, but Miami would remain an at-large team.
When those modifications are taken into account, the bracket would appear as follows.
(9) The winner takes on (1) Oregon at (8) Notre Dame.
(12) BYU at (5) Ohio State — The victor takes on (4) SMU.
The winners play Boise State. (11) Ole Miss at (6) Penn State.
(10) The winner takes on (2) Texas at (7) Indiana.
But Boise State can’t become overly cozy. Being jumped from behind is as likely to happen to the Broncos as having teams drop below them. If UNLV can’t force its way into the Mountain West Championship Game, they have no more games against ranked teams on their schedule.
Although I assumed the committee would choose strength of schedule when allocating the two-loss SEC teams, they chose to honor the one head-to-head result that hasn’t been canceled out: Ole Miss’ victory over Georgia. Tennessee is still behind the Bulldogs. Although it was impossible to account for every one of the four teams in that group, the Volunteers’ victory over Alabama is the only one that is not recognized.
The victory at SMU by BYU is another head-to-head outcome that is no longer indicative of the day. The Cougars dropped eight spots to the number one spot. 14, which is one spot below the Mustangs and the biggest drop of the week for a team that is still in the rankings.
Miami must have looked sloppy in practice during their bye week, which is why Alabama, fresh off that significant, resume-boosting victory over Mercer, jumped them in this week’s top 10. Further down, another one saw no. 23 Despite losing at South Carolina, Missouri maintains its standing from the previous week.
No changes have been made to the top seven spots, but that will change next week when Indiana visits Ohio State.
Illinois, UNLV, Arizona State, and Iowa State are new to the rankings this week. For the time being, we bid farewell to Washington State, LSU, Louisville, and Kansas State.
There are still a few weeks left in the season, so as we see more games between some of these teams vying for a spot in the College Football Playoffs, there will undoubtedly be more changes.
